Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which rose 4.20% or 1.10 points to trade at 27.26 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 3.00% or 0.55 points to end at 18.88 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 2.64% or 0.280 points to 10.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaris (MI:TENR), which lost 0.51% or 0.06 points to trade at 11.64 in late trade. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 0.31% or 0.0100 points to end at 3.2640 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) shed 0.31% or 0.030 points to 9.765.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 236 to 122 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.80% or 0.38 to $47.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.41% or 0.21 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.31 to trade at $1277.39 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.9103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.99.